Medicine-dropping bottle.



L R.PEED. MEDICINE DROPPING BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MN. 30, 1917.

1,27 8,9 l 9. Patent-,ed July 30, 1918.

:LAMES RILEY PEED, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

A MEDICINE-DROPPING BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 30, 1917.. Serial No. 145,497.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES R. PEED, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in4 Medicine- DroppingBottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as. will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles of the type in whichthe bottle and the stopper therefor are so Constructed as to permit thecontents of the bottle to be accurately and readily discharged dro bydrop and as conveniently sealed after ing used.

An object of the present invention is to so construct the bottle andstopper as that in one osition only of the stopper will it be possi leto drop the contents from the bottle, bottles V,of this type havingheretofore been So constructed as to permit of discharge of the bottlecontents in two or more positions of the stopper and thus when turningthe stopper, ostensibly to seal the bottle, the same is frequentlyrotated accidentally to another of the discharging positions so that thecontents of the bottle will often lose its strength or evaporate betweenthe periods of its use.

With the above and other objects of similar nature in view, theinvention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a fragmental perspective view of a bottleneck and stopper, embodying the invention, the stopper being shownremoved from and directly above the bottleneck, and Fig. 2 is a'vertical section through the neck and stopper, their relation being suchasto permit discharge of the bottle contents. Re erring now moreparticularly to the accompanying drawing there is shown the neck 5 of abottle of any preferred type,

the inner wall of which is tapered and provided with a channel 6extending longitudinally from the outer en'd of the neck and terminatingshort of the' inner end thereof. The inner wall of the neck 5 is:further provided diametrically opposite from the channel 6 with asecond channel 7 which extends longitudinally from the inner end of theineck and terminates short ofv its outer en The stopper is shown vat 8and is prefer ably of glass tapered and ground to fit tightly in thebottle neck 5 and provided at its top with a knob or handle 9. Formed inthe outer Awall of the stopper 8 is a chan-- nel 10 extendinglongitudinally from its outer end and terminating short of its innerend. IzThe stopper is further formed diametrically from the channel 10with a second channel 11 which extends longitudinally from the inner endof the stopper and terminates short of the outer end thereof.

When the stopper is inserted in the bottle neck it may be turned tobring the channels 10 and llrespectively into registration with thechannels 6 and 7, thereby forming continuous passages, at diametricallyopposite points in the bottle, through one of which the contents of thebottle when tilted may be discharged drop by drop, while the other willpermit the ingress of air to theV bottle. When the ldesired quantity ofliquid has been dispensed, the stopper vis turned to move the channels10 and 11 out of registration with the channels 6 and 7 and therebyeffectively seal the bottle neck. It will be evident that by forming thechannels as described and illustrated, the stopper will Patented July30, 1918.

serve, in one position only in the neck, to I permit the discharge ofliquid from the bottle, there being thus minimized vthe possibility `ofaccidentally registering the channels so asto permit the exposure orevaporation of the bottle contents between the periods of its use.

What I claim is :e

The combination with a bottle having'a neck provided with an inwardlytapered mouth opening having diametrically opposite longitudinalchannels in its walls, one of the channels extending through the outerend of the neck to a point remote from its inner lend, the otherchannels extending through the inner end of the neck to a point remotefrom its outer end, a stopper within the mouth opening andcorrespondingly tapered thereto and having diametrica ly oppositelongitudinal channels in its outer face inversely arranged to the firstnamed ohan- In testimony whereof, I aiix my signature nels, ofcorresponding length thereto and in the presence of two witnesses.normally out of alinement therewith but adapted to register with. thefirst named JAMES RILEY FEED'- channels on the' turning of the stopper,Witnesses: whereby continuous passages will be formed ALFRED MEiLER,

between said stopper and neck. Y E. W. RoLLFs.

